US4711586A - Clock - Google Patents
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
- G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
- G04B19/06—Dials
- G04B19/14—Fastening the dials to the clock or watch plates
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
- G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
- G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
- G04B19/06—Dials
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
- G04B37/00—Cases
- G04B37/0066—Cases for wall clocks and balances
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
- G04B39/00—Watch crystals; Fastening or sealing of crystals; Clock glasses
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- the present invention relates to a clock such as a hanging clock, or the like, and particularly relates to a thin clock.
- a clock is well known which is provided with an install plate used also as a back frame, a movement capsule fixedly attached on a back surface of the install plate, a dial disposed in front of the install plate, a transparent front cover fixedly attached to the install plate in front of the dial, and hands disposed between the front cover and the dial and driven by a timepiece movement.
- a setting shaft for correcting time is disposed on the back side of the install plate.
- the install plate and the front cover have come to be easily deformed due to temperature changes, due to pressure applied in turning the hands, and so on, so as to generate a phenomenon that the front cover touches the hands, especially, a minute hand, so that the minute hand becomes dislodged from a minute hand shaft to thereby stop or, the front cover is rubbed and becomes damaged by the minute hand, or, in the worst case, the clock stops completely.
- An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a clock in which the gap between the front cover and dial can be kept fixed even if the install plate of the movement capsule or the front cover is made to be deformed.
- the present invention is featured in that spacers for keeping a gap between the dial and the front cover are provided at positions corresponding to time reference positions so as to act as reference members.
- FIG. 1 is a front view of a clock to which the present invention is applied
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-section of the clock
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-section of a main part of the clock
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-section of a main part of another embodiment
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-section of a main part of still another embodiment
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-section of a main part of a further embodiment
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the install plate in a still further embodiment
- FIG. 8 is a cross-section along the line VIII--VIII in FIG. 7, and
- FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-section of a main part of a further embodiment.
- a thin clock is constituted by an install or base plate 1 used also as a back frame, a dial 2, a transparent front cover 3, and a movement capsule 4.
- a minute hand 5 and an hour hand 6 driven by a well-known timepiece movement (not-shown) provided in the capsule 4 are disposed in a gap or space between the dial 2 and the front cover 3.
- Decorations 7 used as time reference members or scale are fixedly attached to the front surface of the front cover 3.
- Screws 8 inserted from the back side of the install plate 1 are screwed into back surfaces of the respective decorations 7 so that the front cover 3 and the install plate 1 are connected with each other through the dial 2 interposed therebetween.
- through holes 2a are provided in the dial 2 so that respective leg portions 9a of spacers in the form of pins 9 each having a shoulder portion are inserted into the through holes 2a respectively from the front surface of the dial 2.
- the respective upper ends or projections of the spacers 9 abut against the front cover 3 and the respective leg portions 9a of the spacers 9 abut against the install plate 1 at the bottom ends of the leg portions 9a.
- An axial split groove is formed in the leg portion of each spacer 9 to provide elastic force to open the leg portion outwards.
- the spacers 9 are provided on the visible peripheral portion of the front face of the dial 2 such that the spacers 9 do not prevent the hands 5 and 6 from turning and such that the spacers 9 are arranged to be used also as time reference members or time scale for the hands.
- the same effect as the above-mentioned effect can be obtained even when the respective front ends of the spacers 9 and the respective bottom ends of the leg portions 9a are made respectively to come close to the front cover 3 and the install plate 1 with slight clearances therebetween respectively such that the front ends of the spacers 9 are contactable with the back face of the front cover 3 to maintain a sufficient gap or space.
- FIG. 4 shows another embodiment which is arranged such that a dial 12 is bonded onto a front surface of an install plate 11 so as to prevent the dial 12 from being deformed.
- respective top ends of spacers in the form of a projection 19 planted in the dial 12 abut against a front cover 13 and respective bottom ends of the spacers 19 can abut against respective bottom surfaces of corresponding hollow portions or cavities 11a in the install plate 11.
- FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment, in which spacers 29 made of thermoplastics are planted in a dial 22 in such a manner that respective lower end portions of the spacers 29 are inserted into corresponding through holes 22a of the dial 22 and fused to be attached thereto. Respective upper end surfaces of the spacers 29 abut against a front cover 23 since the height of the spacer 29 substantially corresponds to the gap between the dial 22 and the front cover 23.
- a plurality of protrusions in the form of support posts 21a are formed on an install plate 21 in opposed relation to the spacers 29 to support the same and respective upper ends of the support posts 21a and 21a abut against a back surface of the dial 22. Therefore, the dial 22 can be prevented from being excessively deformed.
- respective leg portions 39a of spacers 39 are inserted into corresponding cylindrical spacer holders 31a integrally formed with an install plate 31. Respective end surfaces of the holders 31a abut against a back surface of a dial 32, and the spacers 39 are passed through corresponding through holes 32a formed in the dial 32 and made to be opposed to an inner surface of a front cover 33.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 show an embodiment in which a plurality of the spacer holders 31a are radially aligned at each of time reference positions.
- the spacer 39 is selectively removably inserted in any of the spacer holders 31a at each of the time reference portions.
- the install plate 31 can be used in common for modifications in design or in radius on which reference members are arranged in a clock.
- FIG. 9 shows an embodiment, in which protrusions 41a for supporting a back surface of a dial 42 is integrally formed on an install plate 41, and spacers 49 are projectingly integrally formed on the respective end surfaces of the protrusions 41a.
- the spacers 49 pass through corresponding through hole 42 bored in the dial 42 and made to be opposed to a front cover 43.
- the gap between the front cover and the dial is kept fixed by the spacers so as to prevent the hands from touching the inner surface of the front cover, to thereby prevent faults such as injury of the front cover due to touching by the hands, stopping of rotation of the hands, stopping of operation of the clock, and so on.
- the spacers may be used also as reference members such as solid letters, resulting in unique aethetic impression in design of a clock.
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JP1985092485U JPH0323590Y2 (ko) | 1985-06-19 | 1985-06-19 | |
JP1985092484U JPH0323589Y2 (ko) | 1985-06-19 | 1985-06-19 | |
JP60-92484[U] | 1985-06-19 | ||
JP60-92485[U] | 1985-06-19 |
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KR (1) | KR890001350B1 (ko) |
GB (1) | GB2178562B (ko) |
HK (1) | HK35290A (ko) |
SG (1) | SG70289G (ko) |
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US5555535A (en) * | 1994-07-19 | 1996-09-10 | Davis; Gerard D. | Watch dial |
US6295251B1 (en) * | 1999-04-23 | 2001-09-25 | Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha | Timepiece dial plate and timepiece dial plate manufacturing method |
US20060209636A1 (en) * | 2005-03-15 | 2006-09-21 | Centre Clock Industry Co., Ltd. | Clock having a playing function |
USD746712S1 (en) * | 2013-11-01 | 2016-01-05 | Tudor Watch U.S.A., Llc | Watch dial |
USD748516S1 (en) * | 2014-12-26 | 2016-02-02 | Albedeaux Watch Co. | Watch face |
US20170176944A1 (en) * | 2015-12-21 | 2017-06-22 | The Swatch Group Research And Development Ltd | Dial applique for a timepiece |
USD798181S1 (en) * | 2016-02-09 | 2017-09-26 | Harry Winston Sa | Dial |
US20210157271A1 (en) * | 2019-11-21 | 2021-05-27 | Curtis OKPARA | 3d wall clock with installation template |
USD927339S1 (en) * | 2019-12-19 | 2021-08-10 | Lippische Consulting & Beteiligungen GmbH | Watch face |
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CH719480A2 (fr) * | 2022-03-08 | 2023-09-15 | Bulgari Horlogerie Sa | Agencement pour la fixation d'une glace d'une pièce d'horlogerie. |
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- 1986-06-18 GB GB08614853A patent/GB2178562B/en not_active Expired
- 1986-06-19 KR KR1019860004888A patent/KR890001350B1/ko not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1986-06-19 US US06/876,373 patent/US4711586A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1989-10-19 SG SG702/89A patent/SG70289G/en unknown
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US1036485A (en) * | 1912-01-20 | 1912-08-20 | Landau Brothers | Clock. |
US1319044A (en) * | 1918-05-13 | 1919-10-21 | Herschede Hall Clock Company | Clock-face-mounting means. |
DE482923C (de) * | 1928-06-20 | 1929-09-23 | Uhrenfabrik | Zifferblattbefestigung mit Steckzapfen und Riegel fuer Uhren |
CH203477A (fr) * | 1938-05-17 | 1939-03-15 | Anonyme Stern Freres Societe | Cadran bombé, à pieds. |
DE893410C (de) * | 1944-08-21 | 1953-10-15 | Stern Freres Sa | Herstellungsverfahren eines mit angebrachten Zeichen versehenen Uhrenzifferblattes und nach diesem Verfahren hergestelltes Zifferblatt |
US3514940A (en) * | 1969-04-11 | 1970-06-02 | Gen Time Corp | Illuminating assembly for a clock |
US4291401A (en) * | 1978-11-30 | 1981-09-22 | Ebauches Bettlach S.A. | Device for securing a watch dial to a watch-movement plate |
US4362397A (en) * | 1979-10-09 | 1982-12-07 | Klingenberg Hans Ulrich | Analog-display timepiece |
US4459032A (en) * | 1980-01-29 | 1984-07-10 | Societe Suisse Pour I'industrie Horlogere Management Services S.A. | Thin wrist-watch |
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US5555535A (en) * | 1994-07-19 | 1996-09-10 | Davis; Gerard D. | Watch dial |
US6295251B1 (en) * | 1999-04-23 | 2001-09-25 | Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha | Timepiece dial plate and timepiece dial plate manufacturing method |
US20060209636A1 (en) * | 2005-03-15 | 2006-09-21 | Centre Clock Industry Co., Ltd. | Clock having a playing function |
US7300202B2 (en) * | 2005-03-15 | 2007-11-27 | Centre Clock Industry Co., Ltd. | Clock having a playing function |
USD746712S1 (en) * | 2013-11-01 | 2016-01-05 | Tudor Watch U.S.A., Llc | Watch dial |
USD746713S1 (en) * | 2013-11-01 | 2016-01-05 | Tudor Watch U.S.A., Llc | Watch dial |
USD748516S1 (en) * | 2014-12-26 | 2016-02-02 | Albedeaux Watch Co. | Watch face |
US20170176944A1 (en) * | 2015-12-21 | 2017-06-22 | The Swatch Group Research And Development Ltd | Dial applique for a timepiece |
US10996630B2 (en) * | 2015-12-21 | 2021-05-04 | The Swatch Group Research And Development Ltd | Dial applique for a timepiece |
USD798181S1 (en) * | 2016-02-09 | 2017-09-26 | Harry Winston Sa | Dial |
US20210157271A1 (en) * | 2019-11-21 | 2021-05-27 | Curtis OKPARA | 3d wall clock with installation template |
USD927339S1 (en) * | 2019-12-19 | 2021-08-10 | Lippische Consulting & Beteiligungen GmbH | Watch face |
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KR870000616A (ko) | 1987-02-19 |
GB2178562A (en) | 1987-02-11 |
HK35290A (en) | 1990-05-18 |
KR890001350B1 (ko) | 1989-04-29 |
GB8614853D0 (en) | 1986-07-23 |
SG70289G (en) | 1990-01-26 |
GB2178562B (en) | 1988-10-12 |
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